April 18, 2020

Trail Cam Birds and More.

I got the SD card out of the backyard trail camera to see what it's been recording lately. It hasn't seen any critters other than birds and us. 

Red Winged Blackbird.
Collage Made with PhotoCollage and Photoshop.
I cropped all of these. I have to leave the camera pointed far to the right so that the afternoon sun doesn't glare straight into the lens. Consequently there's a large section of each picture that's just a bush.

Out of 1,364 pictures, these are pretty much all that's worth showing. There are many pictures of just the lake, or geese in the distance. I have multiples of a single blackbird, and branches blowing, and of course Frank riding the mower. I flip through all the pictures to find interesting ones, like geese taking off.

Sharing with I'd Rather Be Birdin' and Saturday Critters.

I realize we are fortunate to have this great view. I found this house in real estate listings back in 2009, when I was browsing for waterfront homes because Frank always wanted to live on the water. I was more interested in it because it is convenient to town, but now I really appreciate the yard. It makes life interesting even though we under a Stay at Home directive.


Before I removed the card from the trail cam this time, I took its picture. It took one right back.

The colors captured by the trail cam are rarely realistic. Below is a scene I took a few minutes earlier with my Sony. Quite a difference!

Then we have a duck that I photographed while I was walking around by the lake.



On a different subject, I played with an old photo in Photoshop. This was at Dinosaur Land.

8 comments:

  1. Hello, love all your flight photos. Living next to the lake is wonderful, you wildlife cam is sitting in the perfect spot. Great captures of the birds, geese and ducks. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Enjoy your day, wishing you a safe and healthy happy new week. PS, thanks for leaving me a comment.

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  2. Wow, wow! These crops from your trailcam are excellent! So verdant and such a beautiful area...the birds are a big plus!

    Thanks for adding this post link today. Great addition to I'd Rather B Birdin this week!

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  3. It certainly must be nice living on the lake...and capturing those birds. I guess the other critters have gone to get breakfast in the woods these days.

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  4. 1,300 pictures...thats a lot of pictures to review. the flight image of the red winged blackbird it really beautiful!!

    your view IS spectacular!!!

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  5. What a terrific view you have; such a great place to be social distant! :)

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  6. the first shot really shows the beautiful wings of the red winged blackbird :)
    Cool, you and the trailcam took a shot at the same ;)time.

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